引导。
When I woke up,it had already stopped raining.
我醒来时,雨已停了。
[名师点津]
before,after引导的时间状语从句中,由于before和after本身已表达了动作的先后关系,若主、从句表示的动作紧密相连,则主、从句多用一般过去时。
After he arrived in England,he worked hard to improve his English.
他到达英格兰之后,努力提高他的英语水平。
[即时演练4] 完成句子
①她直到把工作做完才睡觉。
She didn't go to bed until she had finished her work.
②读完那本有趣的小说之后,我就上床睡觉了。
I went to bed after I finished reading the interesting novel.
③不久他就安然无恙地回来了。
It was not long before he came back safe and sound.
6.过去完成时的常用固定句型
(1)主语+had hardly/scarcely(no sooner)+过去分词+when/than从句(从句用一般过去时);当hardly,scarcely,no sooner表示否定意义的词位于句首时,主句要倒装。
I had no sooner reached home than it began to rain.
=No sooner had I reached home than it began to rain.
我刚到家就下雨了。
(2)It was+一段时间+since从句(从句用过去完成时)
It was at least three months since I had left Beijing.
我离开北京至少有3个月了。
(3)It was the first/second/...time+(that)从句(从句用过去完成时)
It was the first time that I had chatted online in English.
那是我第一次用英语在网上聊天。
(4)主句(过去完成时)+by the time...(一般过去时)
We had got everything ready by the time they arrived.